Lint separating and condensing apparatus.



No. 667,072. Patented Ian. 29, I901. F. A. DELPH & J. L. CANTEY. LINTSEPABATING AND GONUENSING APPARATUS.

(Agplication filed Dec. 1, 1899.)

(No Model.)

VII/WWW i Z o o 2. o g 0 o v o I I f Us ATES FRANK A. DELPH AND JAMES L.OANTEY, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

LINT SEPARATING AND CONDENSING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 667,072, dated January29, 1901.

Application filed December 1, 1899.

T0 (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK A. DELPH and JAMES L. GANTEY, citizens of theUnited States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans andState of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in LintSeparating and Condensing Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to condensing apparatus for use in conjunctionwith cotton-gins and contemplates the provision of a simple andinexpensive condensing apparatus calculated to separate the clean, fine,and light particles of the lint from the coarse particles of lint andthe dirt, mote, and trash as the lint is discharged from the cotton-gin.

With the foregoing end in view the invention will be fully understoodfrom the following description and claims when taken in conjunction withthe annexed drawings, in which Figure l is a vertical section of ourimproved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken in the planeindicated by the line 2 2 of Fig. l with the lower bat-roll and itspendent arms omitted. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of thecurvilinear deflector.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, A is a suitable casing whichmay, if desired, form part of the casing of a gin, and B is an ordinarycondenser-cylinder, between which and the wall a of easing A is formed aflue 0, up which the cotton is blown by the blast from the gin-brush.The cylinder B is designed to receive the coarse particles of the lintand the dirt, mote, and trash, which are formed into a bat by a roll D,arranged above the cylinder after the well-known manner.

D isa bat-roll which is carried by pendent arms a, loosely mounted onthe shaft of the roll D.

E is a condensing-cylinder which is arranged immediately above the rollD and is designed to receive the fine particles of lint.

F is a roll arranged above the cylinder E, and G is a bat-roll which iscarried by pendent arms I), loosely mounted on the shaft 0 of roll F andis designed to bear against the cylinder E. The roll F serves to arrestthe blast and cause the same to force the fine particles of lint againstthe periphery of the cyl- Serial No. 738,897. \No model.)

inder E, and it also serves to render compact the lint hat on thecylinder.

In order to cause the excess of blast to pass through the uppercondensing-cylinder and carry the fine particles of lint to the same, weprovide the curvilinear deflector H, which rests in the flue O and abovethe cylinder B, as shown. The said deflector H is preferably shaped asshown-that is to say, is provided with an obtuse-angle-shaped notch 61and parallel curvilinear arms d, arranged about the proportionaldistance illustrated apart in the said notch 01.

In conjunction with the deflector H is em- 65 ployed an adjustabledeflector I. This deflector I is of a shape and size corresponding tothe notch in the deflector H and has for its purpose to deflect theblast when the same acts with too great force against the cylinder E. Itis connected in a hinged manner to the wall a of casing A and isadjustably fixed in position by a quadrant 6, connected to it and passedthrough a sleeve fin the casing-wall, and a set-screw g, bearing in saidsleeve and arranged to press against the quadrant.

J is a curvilinear deflector arranged within the cylinder E and close tothe wall thereof. This deflector is carried at the upper ends of thearms h, which are loosely mounted on the shaft 6 of the cylinder,adjacent to the ends thereof, and are provided at their lower ends withadjustable peas or weights j, designed to counterbalance the deflectorand hold it in the position shown within the cyli11der,which revolvesaround it. As will be noticed by reference to Fig. 1, the deflector J isarranged five feet in length and the condenser E is about thirtyfiveinches long, and consequently the gin-casing is contracted 0r graduallyreduced in width from the brush to the flue C after the manner shown inFig. 2. By reason of such construction of the gin-casing the blast fromthe gin is contracted, its velocity is increased, and it is deflectedtoward the transverse center of the condenser B, and hence enabled tomove the dirt,mote,and trash and the coarse particles of lint mixedtherewith on the bottom board G of flue C to such transverse centralportion of the condenser B, and deposit the same thereon between thearms d of the deflector H. The dirt, mote, trash, and the coarseparticles of lint mixed therewith are confined by the arms d of thedeflector H within a space of from four to six inches wide 011 thecondenser B and are formed into a bat of such width thereon by the rollD. The coarse particles of the lint that is, the coarse particles freefrom the dirt, mote, and trashare carried by the blast from the gin tothe spaces between the outer sides of the arms (1 and the walls of thenotch (Z in the deflector II and are deposited on the condenser B andformed into bats thereon by the roll D, such bats extending from thetransverse central bat of dirt, mute, and trash to the ends of thecondenser. The bats of coarse or second-grade lint may be and preferablyare rolled up on the bat-roll D, while the transverse central bat ofdirt, mote, and trash may be rolled up on a bat-roll (not shown) locatedbelow the roller D or may be permitted to drop from the condenser into areceptacle placed to receive it. The fine particles of lint by reason oftheir comparative lightness are carried up to and formed into a batagainst the condenser-cylinder E, which bat is rolled up on the bat-rollG after the usual manner.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing that we obtain from thecondenser 13 a small amount in bulk, but very great in weight, of dirt,mote, trash, and lint mixed therewith, and also obtain a greatpercentage of good second-class lint, while from the condenser E weobtain a fair percentage of first-class lint or merchantable cotton.

The dirt, mote, trash, and the lint mixed therewith may be used toadvantage in the manufacture of paper-stock.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim isl. A lintseparating and condensing apparatus comprising a casing having a flueadapted to be connected with a gin, a plurality of condenser-cylinderslocated at diiferent distances from the mouth of the flue, rolls forholding cotton on the condenser-cylinders, and suitable means fordeflecting the blast so that the major portion of the same will reachthe condenser cylinder remote from the mouth of the flue, substantiallyas specified.

2. The lint separating and condensingapparatus described comprising acasing having a flue adapted to be connected with a gin, the lower andupper condenser-cylinders located at one side of the flue, rolls forholding cotton on the said cylinders, a deflector supported within theupper cylinder, the fixed curvilinear deflector arranged adjacent to thelower cylinder and having the notch (Z, the adjustable deflectorconnecled to the casing-wall and shaped in conformity to the notch ofthe fixed deflector, and means for adjustably fixing the adjustabledeflector, substantially as specified.

3. Thelintseparatingand condensingapparatus described comprising acasing having a flue adapted to be connected with a gin, the lower andupper condenser-cylinders located at one side of the flue, rolls forholding cotton on the said cylinders, a deflector supported within theupper cylinder, the fixed curvilinear deflector arranged adjacent to thelower cylinder and having the notch and the parallel arms arrangedtherein, the adjustable deflector connected to the casing-wall andshaped in conformity to the notch of the fixed deflector, and means foradjustably fixing the adjustable deflector, substantially as specified.

4. A lint separating and condensing apparatus comprising a casing havinga fl ue adapted to be connected with a gin, a condensercylinder arrangedin the casing, a roll arranged adjacent to said cylinder, and a onrvilinear deflector arranged adjacent to the cylinder and having thenotch d, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A lint separating and condensing apparatus comprising a casing havinga flue adapted to be connected with a gin, a condensercylinder arrangedin the casing, a roll arranged adjacent to said cylinder, and acurvilinear deflector arranged adjacent to the cylinder and having thenotch d and also having the arms d in said notch, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

6. A lint separating and condensing apparatus comprising a casing havinga flue adapted to be connected with a gin, a foraminatedcondenser-cylinder E arranged in the casing, rolls F G arranged adjacentto and adapted to operate in conjunction with the cylinder, and adeflector arranged in the cylinder coincident with the space between therolls F, G, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set ourhands in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FRANK A. DELPI-I. JAMES L. CANTEY. lVitnesses:

P. EBERT, W. P. KILLELEA.

